List of Federal Presidents of Austria

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Federal Presidents of Austria

Federal President (Bundespräsident)	Born-Died	From-To
Karl Seitz	1869 - 1950	1918 - 1920
Michael Hainisch	1858 - 1940	1920 - 1928
Wilhelm Miklas	1872 - 1956	1928 - 1938
Karl Renner	1870 - 1950	1945 - 1950
Theodor Körner	1873 - 1957	1951 - 1957
Adolf Schärf	1890 - 1965	1957 - 1965
Franz Jonas	1899 - 1974	1965 - 1974
Rudolf Kirchschläger	1915 - 2000	1974 - 1986
Kurt Waldheim	1918 -	1986 - 1992
Thomas Klestil	1932 - 2004	1992 - 2004
Heinz Fischer	1938 -	2004 -

Table of contents

1 More Information 1.1 First Republic (1918 to 1934) 1.2 Second Republic (1945 to now) 2 Timeline 3 See also 4 External links

More Information

First Republic (1918 to 1934)

The first head of state was elected by the Bundesversammlung (consisting of the members of the National Council and of the Federal Council). The most important assignment of the Bundesversammlung was the election of the president.

In 1920 the period of office for the president was set to four years, with one optional re-election. In 1929 a novellation extended the period of office to 6 years. In addition to that, the president was now to be elected directly by the citizens. During the Ständestaat from 1934 to 1938 president Miklas stayed in office without further elections.

Second Republic (1945 to now)

The allied council did not accept a novellation in 1945, which was meant to restore the version of 1929. That is why the first president of the second republic was not elected directly, but instead again by the Bundesversammlung.

In 1951 the president was directly elected by the citizens for the first time in the country's history.

Timeline

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  from:1957  till:1965 shift:($dx,0)    color:SPÖ    text:Adolf Schärf
  from:1965  till:1974 shift:($dx,0)    color:SPÖ    text:Franz Jonas
  from:1974  till:1986 shift:($dx,0)    color:SPÖ    text:Rudolf Kirchschläger
  from:1986  till:1992 shift:($dx,0)    color:ÖVP    text:Kurt Waldheim
  from:1992  till:2004 shift:($dx,0)    color:ÖVP    text:Thomas Klestil
  from:2004  till:end shift:($dx,0)    color:SPÖ    text:Heinz Fischer

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See also

• History of Austria
• Politics of Austria
• Chancellor of Austria
• Lists of incumbents

External links

• Official site of the Austrian President (http://www.hofburg.at)
• Historic information on presidential elections in Austria (http://www.bmi.gv.at/wahlen/bpwahl_historisches.asp) (in German)
• Information on the currenlty running Austrian presidential elections (http://www.bmi.gv.at/wahlen/bpwahl_historisches.asp) (in German)

de:Bundespräsident (Österreich) fr:Liste des Présidents de l'Autriche pt:Lista de presidentes federais da Áustria

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